NEW AT TEN -- ONE NEIGHBORHOOD'S BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF LAKE MICHICAN IS LITERALLY FALLING APART. TONIGHT 12 NEWS MAX SEIGLE SHOWS US HOW MAJOR EROSION IS AFFECTING THE SHEBOYGAN COUNTY SHORELINE -- AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO KEEP THE AREA SAFE. THIS STEEP DROP OFF IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY...USED TO BE THIS STEEP DROP OFF IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY...USED TO BE SOMEONES BACK YARD. IT JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF EROSION ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN ...SOME OF THE WORST ...SEEN HERE IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY. GREG SCHNELL, WHO WORKS FOR THE COUNTY, SAYS IT CAUSED A BIG SCARE FOR ONE HOMEOWNER. "CAME TO THEIR SUMMER HOME TO DO SOME WORK AND NOTICED THERE WAS A CRACK AND OVERNIGHT THAT FELL OFF THREE FEET AND NOW AS YOU CAN SEE IT WENT DOWN EVEN FURTHER." THAT HOMEWONER HAD TO MOVE THE HOUSE ACROSS THE STREET. TODAY ALL THAT'S LEFT ON THE ORIGINAL PROPERTY IS AN OLD FLAG POLE AND AN OUT-HOUSE WIPED OUT BY EROSION. "AS YOU CAN SEE, OVER THE MAYBE LAST YEAR AND HALF, MORE EROSION HAS OCCURRED AND THAT HAS FALLEN OFF AS WELL, SO." YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE FROM ABOVE. THE COUNTY SAYS GROUNDWATER SEEPING OUT INTO THE BLUFFS... IS CAUSING MOST OF THE DAMAGE. "TO PREVENT THINGS FROM GETTING WORSE OUT HERE, THE COUNTY'S PLANNING TO REMOVE ABOUT A MILE STRETCH OF THIS LAKEFRONT ROAD HERE STARTING NEXT MONTH. THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD A NEW ROAD JUST WEST OF HERE BEHIND THOSE HOMES." SCHNELL SAYS THE COUNTY NEEDS TO DO THIS TO PROTECT DRIVERS AND HOMEOWNERS LIKE MATHI MERVER. "I USED TO BE ABLE TO GET DOWN THE BLUFF, I'D TAKE MY GERMAN SHEPHERD DOWN THERE BUT NOW I'M CAN'T EVEN TAKE MY GERMAN SHEPHARD DOWN THERE ANYMORE." MERVER FEELS LOSING THE LAKEFRONT ROAD DOESN'T FIX THE EROSION PROBLEM. "IT'S JUST WALKING AWAY FROM IT." BUT SHE SAYS SHE'LL LIVE WITH IT -- AND HOPES THIS MESS STAYS AWAY. IN SHEBOYGAN COUNTY MAX SEIGLE WISN 12 NEWS. SHEBOYGAN COUNTY WILL BE SPENDING ABOUT TWO POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS ON THE LAKEFRONT ROAD REMOVAL AND BUILDING THE NEW